Bulls forward Taj Gibson said he was not surprised that Rose did not play this season.

"I had a severe MCL sprain and that had me out weeks. He tore his ACL. And me and him were basically doing the same workouts, the same drills, trying to strengthen our legs, and it's tough," Gibson said. "And I still didn't come back all the way, the right way I wanted to come back, but I was able to go out there and basically play and it's even tougher on an ACL because you never know. Anybody can just knock you off. It's unstable. You saw how my knee kept buckling on me. I'm not surprised at all."